Rex Allen was a great narrator, and his voice was used in a lot of Disney films. My dad worked in advertising and I mentioned this to him. He said they used Rex Allen an a lot of commercials. Dad said it was so sad when Rex Allen died, but thankfully, his son had the exact same voice.

It wasn't a "log" flume. It was a lumber flume. No log ever rode down it. Big difference between a log and lumber.

Classic Disney

I remember this movie so well it’s one of my favorite animal movies I remember watching on regular television and it was on I enjoyed it so much I had to buy it on vhs Rhenish over the years I found it on dvd and yay was excited and I still enjoy this classic!😃

Charlie the cute cougar

Ever since I saw this as a we lad .. I've always wanted a big cat 😸...

God, how I loved that film as a kid in Germany. Too bad you cannot get it in Europe... I would so love to see it again.

Lonesome cougar... looking for companion :D

The best part of this isn’t even the storyline of a cougar riding a log flume. The best part is that there were people out there who thought to themselves, “let’s get a cougar. Ok even better, let’s get a cougar on the world’s fastest and longest log flume- and video tape it.”

That looked like fun until Charlie wiped out on those fallen branches.🤣 🤣🤣

Thank you so much for this!! Wish they could have turned it into a ride as someone proposed. I have some of the wood from the flume milled into deck railing. It's a bit rough in places, but I prize it for the history.

This was my favorite movie when i was 7 yo lol

Rex Allen was the narrator. God bless his soul.

I wish they’d put these movies on Disney plus

Armen I remember you well. I loved your mother she made the best bread and cookies.

I caught on the tiger Lions of America it kind of resemble both if you kind see how to wait a hunt lions in Africa hunt together and groups and mountain lions are not really Lions but they hunt alone and they act more like tigers hunting alone you see what I'm trying to say

0:54 MEOW!! 1:42 RWEOW!! MEOW!!

Does anyone remember a scene in this movie that was shown on Wonderful World of Disney, but cut from the DVD release, where it shows how Charlie got his name? Jess was trying to do paperwork, Charlie kept messing it up, and Jess said to him, "You're a regular good time charlie, aren't you?" and that's how it stuck? Either that, or I'm remembering something that I never actually saw...

I loved this when I was a kid growing up in the 90s

my highschool forestry teacher played this in class

Rex Allen the voice of so many classic Disney films .

They made that flume boat just for this film, and after that the kids wanted to ride it so bad. A few actually got to, and in the Gorge Heritage Musuem in Bingen we have a couple pics of the filming process and the crowd watching. We also have a little card saying "This certifies that ____ has ridden the flume and is a member in good standing of FLUMERS UNITED "In Trestles we Trust" ~ Hal Broughton, President." It was card number 109. Can you imagine what OSHA would say in this day and age? LOL... We also have a photo of Charlie the Cougar on the flume. Pretty cool stuff!

I was a child then... we were all sooooo excited that Lassie came to town! She was my hero ;)

How come they can't make movies like that anymore? I feel sorry for today's kids growing up without Charlie the Lonesome Cougar.

Sharon It was filmed the sumer of of 66 and aired the spring of 67. I had just graduated from the 8th grade at the Mill-A grade school and a few weeks latter the movie production came to the Willard mill. It was really something to watch it being filmed. When it was aried though and all the clips put togeather it didn't resemble the actual place or the Broughton Lumber Company.

smart cougar yayyyy

So the titles say 1967, but the copyright on the film actually says 1974. Anyone know exactly when this filmed and aired? I do remember it was a big deal, but don't remember the exact year.

It made AWESOME pancakes.....they were SO Light and Fluffy ! It also makes kool aid taste like soda pop :)

HHNNNG Right in the childhood

good movie and brings back a lot of memories

yo that cat must beterrified yo LOL

The narrator made this show great . As kids in the 50's we heard this type voice in Disney stuff ,Davy Crocket etc.

me myself and Irene w/ Jim Carey used this type narrator to grab us baby boomers

I'm pretty sure I grew up with a version that didn't have a narrator. Am I just imagining things? Also: OMFG I forgot about this movie!!! Haven't seen it since I was a little kid!

One of the choofiest cats of choofy cattdom.

Was an awesome show

:)

Loved this as a kid